clone firm FCA warning
January 07, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against KBC Securities clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm KBC Securities. Fraudsters are using the details of firms, authorised by the FCA, to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. Fraudsters are using or giving out the following details as part of their tactics to…

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forex market update
January 07, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

ATFX Forex weekly market update: January 7, 2019

The following article was written by ATFX Chief Analyst of Asia Pacific, Martin Lam. Personal opinions today: The Sino-US Trade Ministerial Meeting was reconvened today, continuing the Sino-US trade negotiations between the G20 summit last year. The market expects the Sino-US trade truce and reached a complete truce, cancelled the trade to impose additional tariff…

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Daily Market analysis
January 04, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Daily Market News: Tokenized stock exchange DX launches next week

Mati Greenspan, Senior Market Analyst at FX broker eToro, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for January 4, 2019. Highlights include: Jobs Report Could Spark Fed Movement: Solid US employment data released this morning eased fears of a recession, but it could encourage the FOMC to tighten monetary policy quicker, which…

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Intercontinental Exchange Inc. (NYSE:ICE)
January 04, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

ICE announces record futures & options volumes in 2018

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE) has just announced its December, Q4 and full year 2018 trading volume and related revenue statistics. Two months ago, the exchange has acquired the remaining equity of MERSCORP Holding, Inc., owner of Mortgage Electronic Registrations Systems, Inc. (MERS). Ben Jackson, President of Intercontinental Exchange, commented on the news: We are pleased…

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FCA warning
January 04, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Clarksdale Corporate Partners

UK financial regulator Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued its latest warning against an unregulated financial services provider targeting UK consumers. The FCA’s latest warning is against the company Clarksdale Corporate Partners. Clarksdale Corporate Partners is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated…

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Could the struggling Canadian Dollar continue in 2019?
January 04, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Could the Canadian Dollar struggle continue in 2019?

The following article was written by Reem Aboul Hosn, Research and Market Analyst Officer at Credit Financier Invest (CFI) Ltd. Despite a slight recovery in oil prices at the beginning of 2019, low oil prices could have a negative effect on Canadian economy this quarter. In October 2018 too many uncertainties pressured oil prices from…

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clone firm FCA warning
January 04, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Leleux Associated Brokers clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Leleux Associated Brokers. Fraudsters are using the details of firms, authorised by the FCA, to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. Fraudsters are using or giving out the following details as part of their tactics…

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Tokyo Financial Exchange TFX volumes TFX Click 365
January 04, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

TFX-Click 365 volumes up 10% YoY in 2018

Tokyo Financial Exchange (TFX) has just released its trading volumes report for the month of December. The total trading volume of FX Daily Futures contracts (Click 365) continues its monthly drop, this time down 6.3% from November. But its total trading volume in 2018 was 10% up YoY. The trading volume of Three-month Euroyen futures…

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USD/JPY AUDJPY
January 04, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

A significant price move affecting the Japanese yen spotted

On Wednesday there was a significant price move affecting the Japanese yen (JPY) during the early hours of the Asia trading day. CLS Group has confirmed those spot volume movement observations, based on its extensive data set. This was particularly prevalent across US dollar (USD) Japanese yen and Australian dollar (AUD) Japanese yen currency pairs.…

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